   

Welcome

!

Be prepared to go over 3 rd Six Weeks Tales of the Trail Goals.

Be prepared to set your 4 th Six Weeks Goal.

Use this time to log any books you may need to log still.

Make sure you have your journal and SB book!



Journal: What does the quote from The Outsiders mean to you? What connections do you have to the ideas expressed in the quote?

Driving Questions

1. What are the costs and benefits of conformity or nonconformity to a peer group? How do we measure these costs and benefits?

2. How does a person's relationship with his/her peers affect the kind of person he/she will become?

A—Agree D—Disagree

1. _______ Other people define you by the people you hang out with.

2. _______ Physical appearance doesn’t matter among friends.

3. _______ I have many friends who are nothing like me.

4. _______ Kids who act “weird” deserve the treatment they get from their peers.

5. _______ A person’s parents are his/her best friends.

6. _______ It’s better to have a large group of friends than just one or two.

7. _______ Your status in your peer group affects how you feel about yourself.

8. _______ It’s okay to change how you act in front of different groups of peers.

9. _______ There are people in my close peer group whom I do not like.

10. ______ The people that you’ll be friends with in the future will probably be similar to the people you’re friends with now.

Reflect

Now, ask yourself:

Did I lie about any of these answers?

Book Clubs

• • Break into groups Assign reading due dates

Chapters

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapters 3-4 Chapters 5-6 Chapters 7-8 Chapters 9-10 Chapters 11-12

Due Date

Thursday, January 21 st Friday, January 22 nd Monday, January 25 th Wednesday, January 27 th Friday, January 29 th Monday, February 1 st Wednesday, February 3 rd DISCUSS: • Reading expectations (home vs. school) • Book club discussion norms and expectations

“Thank You, M’am”

• Re-read the short story by Langston Hughes from your SB book.

• With a partner: ▫ Create 3 discussion questions (one from each Costa’s level) ▫ Type the questions in a Google Doc that can be shared with your partner and Mrs. Davis

For Tomorrow/Homework

• • ONE MEMBER from each book club should create a Google folder.

▫ Title the folder: (Period) The Outsiders Book Club (Name) ▫ Share the folder with all members of your group ▫ Share the folder with Mrs. Davis(mdavis02 @nisdtx.org

) ▫ Create a Google doc titled “Chapter 1 Discussion Questions”

HOMEWORK:

▫

EACH MEMBER must come up with TWO discussion questions based on the Costa’s levels for Ch. 1.

▫ ▫

One question MUST be from Level 3 One question can be from any level